Schmaltz. Three men from different religious and ethic backgrounds discover a foundling and decide to raise her under the somewhat loose aegis of a judge. Things go along fine until a conflict arises. One the men, a cop played by George Murphy, falls for a slightly soiled chanteuse by the name of Shoo Shoo Grady played by a surprising attractive Betty Garrett. The rabbi (cantor), Danny Thomas and the minister, Robert Preston, believe Shoo Shoo is having a negative influence on their daughter and want her to promise not to ever see Shoo Shoo again. To gain sole custody of the child, Murphy marries Garrett and they petition the court for sole custody. Of course this places Midge, Margret O'Brien, in the middle of a three way tussle for her affections, a situation she feels can only be resolved if the judge, Edward Arnold, removes her from her aggregate family and will arrange to place her in an institution effectively removing her from the equation and allowing her three fathers to remain friends. Will the judge agree? Will the three fathers see their errors? Can there possibly be a happy ending? Hey, schmaltz is sometimes a good thing.
